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YESTERDAY'S HOCKEY

Senior

Army 'A' Take Over League Lead With 3-1 Win Over Champion Recreio

By TONY MYATT

Army 'A' shot to the top of the first division hockey league table when at Sookunpoo last afternoon, they came from behind to beat last year's champions Recreio 'A' by 3-1.

A reasonably large crowd watched this encounter, played on a very hot afternoon, and I am sure the majority of spectators whether they were Recreio followers or not, all agreed upon one thing... that Army deserved to win.

Personally, I was rather tip-INC had been able to diold appointed in the standard of down the opposing forwards, It play, which for the most purl was. Jikely they could have was scrappy and unconstrue- taken the. honours in the. tive. However, there werd few encounter. As it was, however, good moves-in particular, the their defence wilted under the one which enabled Recreio to pressure, and Nov Bharat's store the opening goal of the stronger finishing · lett - the match-and on the whole, play victors by 5-3.

as kept at a pretty fast pace. Brilliant Half-Backs

of

The Amy owed the major part of their victory to the brilliant half-back line Phillips (left), Watts (centre) and Booth (right), not to men tion scintillating perforsa ance by Davis posts.

between the

Exactly what happened 10

J

A Hat-Trick

Pat. Gardner stolo spotlight in

the Nav Bharat lineup, registering hat-trick, two of the goals coming from short camera in the first halt. Moses also played a fine game in defence.

For IRC the right dank com-

and dent "Time Cul" in his article Recreio, will remain a mystery bination of Sammy

0. of October 10 has Indeed stirred; 10 me.

Dallah was a thorn to the Nav still waters running deep but For the major part of the Baharat's defence. They al- unfortunately in doing so, soft-first and second halves, they ways looked dangerous when ball fans were not told that it had the lion's share of the pro-advancing goalwards, was NOT the BRAVES who ceedings, and, after Alonco re- At half time the score was arranged the postponement,

gistered their first goal to give 3-2 in favour of the IRC. them the initiative carly in the Then with 25 minutes of the second half (there was no score second

hall gone, Gardner at half me), 1 expected them slammed In a cross from the to press home the advantage. Idi wing, to equaller.

The Army equalised not long Minutes later, Ebrahim snap- afterwards, when centre-forward ped a grand opportunity Timothy sent the ball home flicked home Ναν Bharat's through a crowd of Recreio fourth goal. Shortly after-

Jeft from a free hit just wards

winger Uttam Singh really gave IRC, same- thing to cry about when in move with

Gardner he gave placed fick shot. Kadir no chance with a neatly

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outside the 'dee.'

Turned. The Tide

This goal literally turned the

and

4

Ude for the soldiers.

In another Arat division sama With their defence backing played at Sookunpoo, the Navy them to the hill, the Army for- and the Macaensis played to w 'ds made several dangerous draw, Macnesia, scoring

moves, one of them resulting in through left winger Ribas Sliva a short corner late in the second and the Navy from a short half, through which Phillips corner by Middleton. registered their second goal. In the remaining first divi-

Recreio were now fighting a slon game, losing battle. They

played at Happy de- Valley, Hongkong Hockey Club sperately to erase the deflelt gained a narrow 1-0 vletery. but there always acemed to be over Army 'B' two Army defenders to one of their forwards.

tried

Rocteio's centre forward Almeida tried to play a lone hand, but was involved in a collision with an Army defen-

French Cyclist's

der that left him squirming on Double Hat-Trick

the goalline.

While Recreio's defence were showing concern over Almeida's

antics Over

they were caugh!

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injury, France's

of

Lugano, Oct. 12. Jacques Anqueill, napping winner of last year's Tour lorg enough for right-France cycling race pulled off a winger Trevor Ralph to make double hat-trick when ha won

solo run practically the the Lugano Grand Prix raco, entire length of the Beldi to against the clock hero today, Accro the Army's third goal, This was Anquell's third ond give the soldiers a well win in the Lugano Grand Prix deserved victory.

and his third consecutive rico For Recrelo special mention against the clock win this sea- must be made of the perform-zon. unces of Danny

Castro, Vie Anquet covered the 76 Pelruco and ft. Silva, who kilometres

In 1 hour 52 mins

never kept trying, even when 84.4 aucs at an average speed of

m.p.h.).

the pace got hat,

Rough Play

IRC 'A' must still be chow- ing their sticks after

their

defeat at the hands of Nov Bharut 'A'

This

Sookup

In

also .oyed at

the morning, proved for the most part to be 4 classic exhibition of golf strokes and some uncalled for rough play.

40,031 k.p.h. (25 France-Presse,

Bayer's TONIC

IRC played inspired hockey [BAYER) right from the time O. Dalish slammed in a picture book goal to give them an early 1-0 lead.

Nav Bharat falled to show any class till the closing stages of the game, If at this stogo |

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